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cape girardeau weekly argus vol 111 cape girardeau missouri thursday september 7 1865 no 13 poetry the battxe-fieed after the brightest conquest what-appears of all the glories for the vanquished chains 4 for the proud victors what alaa to reigu er desolated nations i h m now dark an,d drear the battle-field o'er friend and foe and riven shield o'er forms of loved ones cold but proud that lay wrapt in their gory battle sbrpud tho loud roar of battle has ceased to reign list to the rnoanings of anguished pain list ye can hear the last demh rattle ] still firmly they grasp the standard of battle \ bravely our hopes have fought for the right but sad oh sad was the desolate sight as the far-off moonlight gleamed o'er the plain and the stars dimly sh,que o'er the wpunded and slain thousands vie-hoof-trodden and soarred on the field the foeman has fofight but alike had to yieia with their sabres sti.ll reeking with b100.4 by their hide they moaned faintly gasped and alike they bare died o'er the gory field of carnage and strife where forced hopes perished with ebbing life our loved ones fell and the dews of death encircled their brow as they gasped for breath no sisler was there to raise their head or caress the brow of the silent dead no mother knelt o'er the boyish form or wlf prayed there for coming morn â– but alone with their sufferings they breathe a prayer and lo ! angel whisperings confront them there their saviour drew near them that dire cruel night and seraphs haveiorn them to mansions 6f light the weird spirit sighed as it neared the lone spot where warriors were bleeping earth's trials torgot it sighed as it passed them o'er mountain and glen and sadly it chanted their last requiem alone and unsheltered our heroes fell and broken hearts wept as they heard the knell for departed friends and hopes that fled when alas t we heard of the antietam dead miscellany who mijbdebed dqtoe about the end of the eighteenth century whenever any student of the mareschal college aberdeen incur red the displeasure of the humbler citizens ho was assailed with the questionâ€”"who murdered downie v reply and rejoinder generally brought on a collision between town and gown although the young gentle men were accused of what was chro nologically impossible peoplo have a right to be angry at being stigma tized as murderers when their accus ers have probability on their side but the v taking off of downie oc curred when the gownsmen so ma ligned were in swaddling clothes but there was a time when to be branded as an accomplice in the slaughter of richard downie made the blood run to the cheek of many a youth and sent him to his books subdued downie was sacrist or jan itor at mareschal college one of his duties consisted in securing ths gate by a certain hÂ°ulv previous to which all the students had to assem ble in the common hall where a lat in prayer was delivered by the prin cipal whether in discharging this function downie was more rigid than his predecessor in office or whether he became stricter in the performance of it at one time than another cannot be ascertained but there can bo no doubt that ho closed the gate with austere punctuality and that those who were not in the common hall within the prescribed time were shut out and wore afterwards reprimand ed and fined by the principal and pro fessors the sudents became irritated at this strictness and took every pet ty means of annoj'ing the sacrist he in his turn applied the screw at other points of the academic routine and a fierce war broke out between the col legians and the humble functionary downie took care that in all his pro ceodings he kept within the strict letter of the law but his opponents wore not so careful and the decisions of the rulers were uniformly against them and in favor of downie rep rimands and fines having failed in producing due subordination rusti cation suspension and even the ex treme sentence of expulsion had to be put in force and in the end law and order prevailed but a secret and deadly grudge continued to be onter tai ned against eichard downie va rious schemes of,revenge were thought of x)ownie was in common with tea chers and taught enjoying the leisure of the short new year's vacation the pleasure being no doubt greatly enhanced by the annoyance to which he had been subjected during the re cent bickeringsâ€”when as he was one evening seated with his family in his official residence at the gate a mes senger informed him that a gentleman at a neighboring hotel wished to speak with him downie obeyed the summons and was ushered from one room into another till at length he found himself in a largo apartment bung with black and lighted by a solitary candle af\cr waiting jfor some time in this strange place about fifty figures also dressed in black and also with black masks on their faces presented themselves they arranged themselves in the form of a court and downie pale with terror was givon to understand that he was about to be put on his trial ' a judge took hia seat on the bench a judge and public prosecutor sat be low i jury was empanneled in front and spectators btood around dow nie at first set down the whole affair asajoke but the proceedings were conducted with such a persistent gravity that in spite of himself he began o believe in the genuine mis mission of the awful tribunal tho clerk read an indictment charging him with conspiring against the lib erties of the students ; witnesses were examined in duo form the public prosocuto addressed tho jury and tho judgo summed up gentlemen said downie the joke has been carried far enough it is getting lato my wife and family will bo anxious about me if i have been too strict with you in time past i am sorry for it and i assure you i will be more careful in future gentlemen of the jury said the judgo without paying the slightest attention to this appeal cqn,3i4er your verdict and if you wish to re tire do so the jury rotired during their ab sence the most profound silence was observed and except renewing the solitary candle that burned beside tho judge there was not the slightest movement the jury returned and recorded a verdict of " guilty the judge solemnly assumed a large black cap and addressed the prisoner " eichard downie ! the jury have found you guilty of conspiring against the just liberty and immunities of the mareschal college you have wan tonly provoked and insulted those in offensive liegos for somo months and your punishment will assuredly be condign you must prepare for death in fifteen minutes the sen tenco of the court will be carried into effect the judge placed his watch on tho bench a block an axe and a bag of sawdust were brought into tho centre of the room a figure tnora terrible than any that had yots appealed now came forward and prepared to act the part of doomster ifc was now past midnight there was no sound audible save the omin ous ticking of the judge's watch â€” downie tbocame more and more alarmed for heaven's pake gentlemen said the terrified marf lot me go homo i promise that you never again sbal^havo cause for complaint eichard downie remarked the judgo you are vainly wasting the few moments that are left you on earth you are in the hands of those who must have your life no human power can save you attempt to utter one cry and you are seized and your doom completed before you can utter andther every one here pres ent has sworn a solemn oath never to reveal the proceedings of this night they are known to none but our selves ; and when the object for which wo have met is accomplished we shall disperse unknown to any one prepare then for death another five minutes will be allowed but no more the unfortunate man in an agony of deadly terror raved and shrieked for mercy ; but the avengers paid no heed to his cries his fevered trem bling lips then moved aa if in silent prayer for he foltthat the brief ffpace between him and eternity was but a few more tickings of that ominous watch h " now exclaimed the judgo â€” four persons stepped forward and seized downie on whoso features a cold clammy sweat had burst forth they bared his neck and made him kneol before the blocfe " strike exclaimed the judge the executioner stuck the axe on the floor j an assistant on the oppo site side lifted at the same moment a wet towel ; and struck it across the neck of the recumbent criminal a loud laugh accounced that the joke had at last come to an end but downie responded not to the uproarious merriment j they laughed again but still he moved not j they j lifted him and downie was dead iâ€”j fright had killed him as effectually i as if the axe of a real headsman had severed his head from his body it was a tragedy to all the med ical students tried to open a yein but all was over and the conspirators had now-to bethink themselves of safety they now in reality swore an oath among themselves and the affrighted young men carrying their disguises with them left the body of downie in the hotel one of their number told the landlord that their enter tainment was not quite over and that they did not wish the individual that was left in the room to bo disturbed for some hours this was to give ; them time to make their escape ; next morning the body was found judicial inquiry was instituted but no satisfactory result could bo arriv ed at the corpse of poor downie exhibited no violence internal or ex ternal the ill-will between him and the students was known ; it also was known that the students had hired apartments in the hotel for a theatri cal representation j that downie had been sent for by them but beyond this nothing was known no noise was heard and no proof of murder could be adduced of two hundred students at the college wtio coulu point out the guiity or suspected fif ty ? moreoyer tho students were scattered over tho city and tho mag istrates themselves had many of their own families among tho number and it was not desirable to go into tho affair too minutely downie'a widow and family were provided for and his slaughter remained % fnysteryj until about fifteen years after its occur rence a gentleman on his*leath bed disclosed the whole particulars and avowed himself to iiave belongod to the obnoxious class of students who murdered pownle artemus ward*as a^^-ditor in the ortum of 1851 my friend tho ed itor of tho baldinsville eaglo was oblcoged to leve perfeshurnal dooties and go aÂ»d dig laters and ho axed me to edit for him durin his abscencej accordingly i ground up his shears and commcncqd it didn't take a grate while to slash out enuff from tho exchanges for one isshn and i thawt i'd ride up to the next town on a ittlo jaunt to rest my braines which had been severely rackt by mental ef forts this is sorter ironicle so i went over to the bale bode of fiss and axed tho superintendent for a pars i " you a editor evijently on the point of snickerin ** yes i am sez i don't i look poor enuff t just about sez he but our rode cannot pars you carv'fha 1 â€¢ j$o } sir it can't " because says i lookin him full in the face with an eagle eye it goes so darn'd slow h can't pars any body !" me thinks i had him thar it's the slowest rode in tho west with a mortified air ho told mo to get out of the ofhss i pitied him and went they have a good many good peo ple up at la crosse wisconsin of course the gentle wives and loving mothers all toach their prattlers the shorter if not the longer catechism here's the way brick pomeroy says one of them put her urchin through the other day a mother in this city has taught her little boy to answer several quos tions such as v who made you ?" who edits tho la crosse demo crat who is president of the united states c on to the end of the catechism last night she was before company putting the little fel low through his mental exercise f when she asked s i " who made you brick pomeroy tho laugh came in with a lively relish in nowise lessened when in re sponse to " who edits the la crosse demo crat v f he shouted out god brick 1 thinks the little chap was mistaken _ woman has two smiles that aa an gel might envyâ€”the smile that ac cepts a lover before the words are tit teres and the smile that lights on the rst jborn baby and assures it of a mother's love writ your name by kindness love and mercy oa the hearts of the peo ple you come in contact with year by year ; find you will never be forgotten signs and tokens the following is from puck a new funny paper in california a long article having the above heading is going the rounds of the press and has been for some time puck thinking the old ones are play ed out has manufactured some new ones he being a supernatural being is of course fully competent to do so the gridironâ€”to take down the gridiron from the nail where it is hanging with the left hand is a sign that there is sure be a broil in the kitchen the mirrorâ€”lf a mirror is broken it is a sign that a good looking lass will bo missed in that house a funeralâ€”to meet a funeral pro cession is a sign of death j pocket bookâ€”to lose a pocket book containing greenbacks is very unlucky nailsâ€”lf a woman cut her nails every monday it is luckyâ€”for her husband boostersâ€”lf you hear a rooster crow when you are in bed and the clock strikes a few times at the same instant it is a sign of mo(u)rning an itching ear-^-if you have an itching ear tickle your jiosg and 3rou will have an itching there and ill luck will be averted saltâ€”to spill salt accidentally into a stew while it is on the fire is a proof that the family will meet with its alterations salt rations a catâ€”when a cat prepares to wash its face it is a bign that one in the house will shortly receive a lick ing wartsâ€”to have sixteen warts on the lert band is unlucky to have the same number on the right hand is a sign that you are unfortunate spiritsâ€”if a married man while his wife is in the room takes up a bot tle of spirits with his right hand it is a sign that she will shortly be out of spirits and that her husband is going tcr liquor lick her stock kaisingâ€”lf a ono-eyed bull dog flics at a stock raiser's legs it de notes that a tnisfortuno will happen to his calves . bridalâ€”if you get on horseback on monday before the sun is up h is a sign that you will have a hand in a bridle lucky*-to stroke a green eyedjeat with a white spot on her nose is very lucky and heavy purrs will be the consequence marriageâ€”lf you are in a house and hear a baby cry it is a sign of marriageâ€”or if it isn't it ought to be bed hairâ€”if a red-haired man falls in love with a girt whq dislikes hair of that color he will very likely dye before he is married the above signs and portents may bo strictly relied upon they have never been known to fail sergeant graham's impression the following rebol letter recently found on the battle field near rich mond gives sergeant graham's im pression as to the situation ;" my sainted love : if the yankee cusses will let me alone i will write you a letter general u s grant is a bull dog and meade is a match for the devil no matter how deeply we ensconce ourselves in the woods the yankees are sure to find us oui they charge on our works again and again and very often take them from us they fight more fiercely than i ; have ever seen them as for digging grant beats mcclellan all hollow i the yankees build strong rifle-pits and then our brave officers ask ua to charge them we jhave do.no so and i they have given us hell every time imy sainted love you will excuse me i for using this language but if j^ou \ were with us you would say they gave i us hell too j my patriotic fair one llm almost ; tired of this j so long as there ap peared a chance of achieving our na tional independence i fought with a will but that hope seems dashed to | earth i have no heart to strive any ionger to keep jeff davis from going to the devil sooner than he otherwise would do not blush my sainted love but really i wish i were out of this army ajid joined to you in thetholy bonds of wedlock after an allusion to matters ap pertaining to himself and bis sainted love he olosea as follows j * i must oloÃŸe hurriedly we are ordered to charge the yankees and if possible surprise them truly your own serg't graham c s a a cool avenger a certain english gentleman wlio was a regular frequenter of the green room of drnry i>ane theatre in the days of lord byrom'a comfnitiee and who always tood quietly on the hearthrug there with his back to the fire was in his usual place tone night when a darrative was related by an other gentleman newly returned from tho continent of a barrier duel lhat had taken place in paris a young englishman*â€”a mere boyâ€”had been despoiled in a gaming houso in the palais hoyal had charged a certain gaming count with cheating him had gone out with the count had wasted his fire and had been slain by tho count under the frightful circumstan ces of the count walking up to him laying his hand on his heart saying you ar6 a brava fellow have you a mother and on his replying in the aflirmatiye remarked coolly lam sorry for her and blowing hi vic tim's brains out the gentleman on tho hearthrug paused n taking a pinch of snuff to hear this story and ob served with great placidity i am afraid i must kill that rascah a dew nights elapsed during^whieh the green fopm hearthrug was without h^mjj and then ho re-appeared pre ciselj a before and only incidentally mentioned in the course of jthe eyen ing gentlemen ij killed the rascal lie had gone over to paris on pur poseâ€”had tracked tho count to the same gaming house had thrown a glass of wine in his face in the pres ence of all tho company assembfed there had told him that he had come to avenge his young compatriowand had jdone it by putting th count out of the world and coming back to the hearthrug as if nothing had happen ed.â€”{^household words a fair offset,-=-a good ptory is told of a showman who carried about on exhibition an enormous bear in a certain town in vermont where bruin was attracting crow is dwelt a farmer and his-wife vrhh-an interest ang ancfniultitudinous family of twen ty phudren v the paterfamilias wa very desirous of gratifying tho com mendable curiosity of his offspring but the price of admission to the show was one shilling and that multiplied by the numbor of his olive plants was too much for his exchequer he therefore approached the showman and after some parley concluded a bargai by which the latter agreed io drive into the farmer's back yard with bruin's cage and give a private exhibition to he entire fatniry for*6ne dollar this was done ta the great flolight of the children and the old folks when the farraef proffered the compensatory dollar to the oblig ingehowman he said : oh no 5 i can't take anything it is no more a sight for four family to see my boar than for fny boar to see your family / whistling,â€”next to laughing whistling is one of the most philo sophical things in which a fellow in good spirits can indulges whistling is a popular prescription keeping up tha spirits some genial philoso pher nas well said on his subject whistling is a great institution it oils the wheels of care supplies the place of sunshine a man who whis tles has a good heart under jais bhi|t front such a man not only works more willingly but ho works more constancy a whistling cobbler will earn as much money again as a cord wainer who gives way to low spirits and indigestion mean or avaricious men never whistle the m^n who attacks whistling throws a stone at the head of hilarity and would if he could rob june of its rosesâ€”august of ite meadow larks such jo man should be looked to a beautiful girlâ€”beautiful in youth fed health and purityâ€”who wakes frorn^leep at touch of morning light as the flowers do with a cheerful grace j whose first notes like those of the birds are tho most musical of the day j from whose brow every trace of yesterday's wear and last night's can is swe|)|awayi even a the face of nat turl id renewed and brtgfifened by the summer dow kuoh a girl is worth the winning childhood is uk a mirror catching and reflecting images all around it remember that a implbvs i>*otane or vulgar though t may operate on a y6ung heart like a careless spray of water thrown upon polished steely staining it with rust thai no after f forts earn efface i musings at the door of death and is this dea^h ? thjs wh^ch)l thought on cif it^joj or trem blirtgt which so f>ftrjjoi f&i^p clouded e,ye has worn an anger&gari or standing before her dimmed is pop hath scorned ja dark destroyed and i have grasped her icy hand to take with her a walk tferojljuj th dark valley i've given the last adieu fa au t^a^r earth calls lovely-r-have looked tho last timje on that glorious sun whose softening beam lingers in o areweu sadness around the solemn scpne j ts thafc gentle star on which gloved to gaze to yonder moon j,hat's calmly smiling in upon this suffering;;world and all brilliant gems that sparkla round her nightly throne a last farewell to a}u juj darkness this beautiful creation now is wrapped iq me no morp i'll gazq poi ip till he vei earth removed i b^iold from amid the glories of the hÂ§aveÂ«ni i ly world it sparkling j with the jnarrtb of death folding i round me here in this still room j with anxious longing till^he dopij pf ', death whose bolts i bear e'eji n9 t shall pa open and^-pass forever what v , those i've jofed have q%mf Â£#& looked upon meâ€”â– â– have kisse4 my fcloodle^s ipaâ€”have pressed fnyjthjji lold hand and turned away and wept jt's hard q god o say faro well to uluwe'ye knqwn and cherish cdl bull an,gqls beck l on'r-i mjis away the grief of friends.-'-thjeir bursting hearts and no longer now can stajf me those eye that laughed with me in joyous day uqw red with weeping have felt jl sundering of tho strong cords of love twined round my inner hearty the riy ing spirit looked figa-in on earth and breathed yet t , j3u p is ov^er now n fare , wells are saidâ€”tiie last fcmdjkisfr giv en my voice that onpe waasu'opg f is silent now my eyes are elosfdig my crimsoned lipa are pale and sealn ed j loved o^eif ga^e upon my sink ingframe ; and as they watch my lai boring breath sigh sadly j but j hear them not usto words i hear them j whisper but i know t/hq gone ia on their lips and isjthis death au-j-au dark and cold and philly drops stan4 ou 8 my wasted brow i fee the rolling # waves of the duy dread river 1 whil its icy waters gather found me \ there bursts upon my spirit a seenq unutterable i see the consummation of my r|chesli hopesâ€”the end qf doubt and fear all is jpy unspeakable bright gleamsr of gpleqdor from th throne of god beam da upon my breast jr*there rolls a sweet tide q peace so tranquil that death has jost its sting angela clad in shining mortality hover near soon shall i rise and mount with them to life eto nal now pome q death \ thou ars not terrible lam ready now i oh let me go and pour my raptures forth in one long strain of melody at my ifedoemer's feet let me f prostrate g^tze upon the radiant splendor of the throne of god and float an iusec infinite amid its matchless ideams f but the scene darkens life's din lights now glance across the chang ing shadows i stift am here thoso angel sights are gone and earthly friends are yet around tub and death ** has passed *" o gody since thou has brought nvo to the door of death and given my spirit one bright taste of heavenly glory let me while i linger yel filit tie longer here ever live as seeing fiim who is invisible florence nightbgale % > â– â– i * iiti mi ii first lioyk.â€”aad yet the sweetest things of life are its migh,t havo beens willis says \ Â« ther k noth ing more touching than the happiness whioh is approached without being reached lof c itself is like the hum i ming-birdâ€”a winged gecft a uxetecu of this lower hemisphere & blazing darting crazing thing j w&ich oaughfc caged caressed drops down dull and cold the gray of death udon its plumes like hashes on the 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cape girardeau weekly argus vol 111 cape girardeau missouri thursday september 7 1865 no 13 poetry the battxe-fieed after the brightest conquest what-appears of all the glories for the vanquished chains 4 for the proud victors what alaa to reigu er desolated nations i h m now dark an,d drear the battle-field o'er friend and foe and riven shield o'er forms of loved ones cold but proud that lay wrapt in their gory battle sbrpud tho loud roar of battle has ceased to reign list to the rnoanings of anguished pain list ye can hear the last demh rattle ] still firmly they grasp the standard of battle \ bravely our hopes have fought for the right but sad oh sad was the desolate sight as the far-off moonlight gleamed o'er the plain and the stars dimly sh,que o'er the wpunded and slain thousands vie-hoof-trodden and soarred on the field the foeman has fofight but alike had to yieia with their sabres sti.ll reeking with b100.4 by their hide they moaned faintly gasped and alike they bare died o'er the gory field of carnage and strife where forced hopes perished with ebbing life our loved ones fell and the dews of death encircled their brow as they gasped for breath no sisler was there to raise their head or caress the brow of the silent dead no mother knelt o'er the boyish form or wlf prayed there for coming morn â– but alone with their sufferings they breathe a prayer and lo ! angel whisperings confront them there their saviour drew near them that dire cruel night and seraphs haveiorn them to mansions 6f light the weird spirit sighed as it neared the lone spot where warriors were bleeping earth's trials torgot it sighed as it passed them o'er mountain and glen and sadly it chanted their last requiem alone and unsheltered our heroes fell and broken hearts wept as they heard the knell for departed friends and hopes that fled when alas t we heard of the antietam dead miscellany who mijbdebed dqtoe about the end of the eighteenth century whenever any student of the mareschal college aberdeen incur red the displeasure of the humbler citizens ho was assailed with the questionâ€”"who murdered downie v reply and rejoinder generally brought on a collision between town and gown although the young gentle men were accused of what was chro nologically impossible peoplo have a right to be angry at being stigma tized as murderers when their accus ers have probability on their side but the v taking off of downie oc curred when the gownsmen so ma ligned were in swaddling clothes but there was a time when to be branded as an accomplice in the slaughter of richard downie made the blood run to the cheek of many a youth and sent him to his books subdued downie was sacrist or jan itor at mareschal college one of his duties consisted in securing ths gate by a certain hÂ°ulv previous to which all the students had to assem ble in the common hall where a lat in prayer was delivered by the prin cipal whether in discharging this function downie was more rigid than his predecessor in office or whether he became stricter in the performance of it at one time than another cannot be ascertained but there can bo no doubt that ho closed the gate with austere punctuality and that those who were not in the common hall within the prescribed time were shut out and wore afterwards reprimand ed and fined by the principal and pro fessors the sudents became irritated at this strictness and took every pet ty means of annoj'ing the sacrist he in his turn applied the screw at other points of the academic routine and a fierce war broke out between the col legians and the humble functionary downie took care that in all his pro ceodings he kept within the strict letter of the law but his opponents wore not so careful and the decisions of the rulers were uniformly against them and in favor of downie rep rimands and fines having failed in producing due subordination rusti cation suspension and even the ex treme sentence of expulsion had to be put in force and in the end law and order prevailed but a secret and deadly grudge continued to be onter tai ned against eichard downie va rious schemes of,revenge were thought of x)ownie was in common with tea chers and taught enjoying the leisure of the short new year's vacation the pleasure being no doubt greatly enhanced by the annoyance to which he had been subjected during the re cent bickeringsâ€”when as he was one evening seated with his family in his official residence at the gate a mes senger informed him that a gentleman at a neighboring hotel wished to speak with him downie obeyed the summons and was ushered from one room into another till at length he found himself in a largo apartment bung with black and lighted by a solitary candle af\cr waiting jfor some time in this strange place about fifty figures also dressed in black and also with black masks on their faces presented themselves they arranged themselves in the form of a court and downie pale with terror was givon to understand that he was about to be put on his trial ' a judge took hia seat on the bench a judge and public prosecutor sat be low i jury was empanneled in front and spectators btood around dow nie at first set down the whole affair asajoke but the proceedings were conducted with such a persistent gravity that in spite of himself he began o believe in the genuine mis mission of the awful tribunal tho clerk read an indictment charging him with conspiring against the lib erties of the students ; witnesses were examined in duo form the public prosocuto addressed tho jury and tho judgo summed up gentlemen said downie the joke has been carried far enough it is getting lato my wife and family will bo anxious about me if i have been too strict with you in time past i am sorry for it and i assure you i will be more careful in future gentlemen of the jury said the judgo without paying the slightest attention to this appeal cqn,3i4er your verdict and if you wish to re tire do so the jury rotired during their ab sence the most profound silence was observed and except renewing the solitary candle that burned beside tho judge there was not the slightest movement the jury returned and recorded a verdict of " guilty the judge solemnly assumed a large black cap and addressed the prisoner " eichard downie ! the jury have found you guilty of conspiring against the just liberty and immunities of the mareschal college you have wan tonly provoked and insulted those in offensive liegos for somo months and your punishment will assuredly be condign you must prepare for death in fifteen minutes the sen tenco of the court will be carried into effect the judge placed his watch on tho bench a block an axe and a bag of sawdust were brought into tho centre of the room a figure tnora terrible than any that had yots appealed now came forward and prepared to act the part of doomster ifc was now past midnight there was no sound audible save the omin ous ticking of the judge's watch â€” downie tbocame more and more alarmed for heaven's pake gentlemen said the terrified marf lot me go homo i promise that you never again sbal^havo cause for complaint eichard downie remarked the judgo you are vainly wasting the few moments that are left you on earth you are in the hands of those who must have your life no human power can save you attempt to utter one cry and you are seized and your doom completed before you can utter andther every one here pres ent has sworn a solemn oath never to reveal the proceedings of this night they are known to none but our selves ; and when the object for which wo have met is accomplished we shall disperse unknown to any one prepare then for death another five minutes will be allowed but no more the unfortunate man in an agony of deadly terror raved and shrieked for mercy ; but the avengers paid no heed to his cries his fevered trem bling lips then moved aa if in silent prayer for he foltthat the brief ffpace between him and eternity was but a few more tickings of that ominous watch h " now exclaimed the judgo â€” four persons stepped forward and seized downie on whoso features a cold clammy sweat had burst forth they bared his neck and made him kneol before the blocfe " strike exclaimed the judge the executioner stuck the axe on the floor j an assistant on the oppo site side lifted at the same moment a wet towel ; and struck it across the neck of the recumbent criminal a loud laugh accounced that the joke had at last come to an end but downie responded not to the uproarious merriment j they laughed again but still he moved not j they j lifted him and downie was dead iâ€”j fright had killed him as effectually i as if the axe of a real headsman had severed his head from his body it was a tragedy to all the med ical students tried to open a yein but all was over and the conspirators had now-to bethink themselves of safety they now in reality swore an oath among themselves and the affrighted young men carrying their disguises with them left the body of downie in the hotel one of their number told the landlord that their enter tainment was not quite over and that they did not wish the individual that was left in the room to bo disturbed for some hours this was to give ; them time to make their escape ; next morning the body was found judicial inquiry was instituted but no satisfactory result could bo arriv ed at the corpse of poor downie exhibited no violence internal or ex ternal the ill-will between him and the students was known ; it also was known that the students had hired apartments in the hotel for a theatri cal representation j that downie had been sent for by them but beyond this nothing was known no noise was heard and no proof of murder could be adduced of two hundred students at the college wtio coulu point out the guiity or suspected fif ty ? moreoyer tho students were scattered over tho city and tho mag istrates themselves had many of their own families among tho number and it was not desirable to go into tho affair too minutely downie'a widow and family were provided for and his slaughter remained % fnysteryj until about fifteen years after its occur rence a gentleman on his*leath bed disclosed the whole particulars and avowed himself to iiave belongod to the obnoxious class of students who murdered pownle artemus ward*as a^^-ditor in the ortum of 1851 my friend tho ed itor of tho baldinsville eaglo was oblcoged to leve perfeshurnal dooties and go aÂ»d dig laters and ho axed me to edit for him durin his abscencej accordingly i ground up his shears and commcncqd it didn't take a grate while to slash out enuff from tho exchanges for one isshn and i thawt i'd ride up to the next town on a ittlo jaunt to rest my braines which had been severely rackt by mental ef forts this is sorter ironicle so i went over to the bale bode of fiss and axed tho superintendent for a pars i " you a editor evijently on the point of snickerin ** yes i am sez i don't i look poor enuff t just about sez he but our rode cannot pars you carv'fha 1 â€¢ j$o } sir it can't " because says i lookin him full in the face with an eagle eye it goes so darn'd slow h can't pars any body !" me thinks i had him thar it's the slowest rode in tho west with a mortified air ho told mo to get out of the ofhss i pitied him and went they have a good many good peo ple up at la crosse wisconsin of course the gentle wives and loving mothers all toach their prattlers the shorter if not the longer catechism here's the way brick pomeroy says one of them put her urchin through the other day a mother in this city has taught her little boy to answer several quos tions such as v who made you ?" who edits tho la crosse demo crat who is president of the united states c on to the end of the catechism last night she was before company putting the little fel low through his mental exercise f when she asked s i " who made you brick pomeroy tho laugh came in with a lively relish in nowise lessened when in re sponse to " who edits the la crosse demo crat v f he shouted out god brick 1 thinks the little chap was mistaken _ woman has two smiles that aa an gel might envyâ€”the smile that ac cepts a lover before the words are tit teres and the smile that lights on the rst jborn baby and assures it of a mother's love writ your name by kindness love and mercy oa the hearts of the peo ple you come in contact with year by year ; find you will never be forgotten signs and tokens the following is from puck a new funny paper in california a long article having the above heading is going the rounds of the press and has been for some time puck thinking the old ones are play ed out has manufactured some new ones he being a supernatural being is of course fully competent to do so the gridironâ€”to take down the gridiron from the nail where it is hanging with the left hand is a sign that there is sure be a broil in the kitchen the mirrorâ€”lf a mirror is broken it is a sign that a good looking lass will bo missed in that house a funeralâ€”to meet a funeral pro cession is a sign of death j pocket bookâ€”to lose a pocket book containing greenbacks is very unlucky nailsâ€”lf a woman cut her nails every monday it is luckyâ€”for her husband boostersâ€”lf you hear a rooster crow when you are in bed and the clock strikes a few times at the same instant it is a sign of mo(u)rning an itching ear-^-if you have an itching ear tickle your jiosg and 3rou will have an itching there and ill luck will be averted saltâ€”to spill salt accidentally into a stew while it is on the fire is a proof that the family will meet with its alterations salt rations a catâ€”when a cat prepares to wash its face it is a bign that one in the house will shortly receive a lick ing wartsâ€”to have sixteen warts on the lert band is unlucky to have the same number on the right hand is a sign that you are unfortunate spiritsâ€”if a married man while his wife is in the room takes up a bot tle of spirits with his right hand it is a sign that she will shortly be out of spirits and that her husband is going tcr liquor lick her stock kaisingâ€”lf a ono-eyed bull dog flics at a stock raiser's legs it de notes that a tnisfortuno will happen to his calves . bridalâ€”if you get on horseback on monday before the sun is up h is a sign that you will have a hand in a bridle lucky*-to stroke a green eyedjeat with a white spot on her nose is very lucky and heavy purrs will be the consequence marriageâ€”lf you are in a house and hear a baby cry it is a sign of marriageâ€”or if it isn't it ought to be bed hairâ€”if a red-haired man falls in love with a girt whq dislikes hair of that color he will very likely dye before he is married the above signs and portents may bo strictly relied upon they have never been known to fail sergeant graham's impression the following rebol letter recently found on the battle field near rich mond gives sergeant graham's im pression as to the situation ;" my sainted love : if the yankee cusses will let me alone i will write you a letter general u s grant is a bull dog and meade is a match for the devil no matter how deeply we ensconce ourselves in the woods the yankees are sure to find us oui they charge on our works again and again and very often take them from us they fight more fiercely than i ; have ever seen them as for digging grant beats mcclellan all hollow i the yankees build strong rifle-pits and then our brave officers ask ua to charge them we jhave do.no so and i they have given us hell every time imy sainted love you will excuse me i for using this language but if j^ou \ were with us you would say they gave i us hell too j my patriotic fair one llm almost ; tired of this j so long as there ap peared a chance of achieving our na tional independence i fought with a will but that hope seems dashed to | earth i have no heart to strive any ionger to keep jeff davis from going to the devil sooner than he otherwise would do not blush my sainted love but really i wish i were out of this army ajid joined to you in thetholy bonds of wedlock after an allusion to matters ap pertaining to himself and bis sainted love he olosea as follows j * i must oloÃŸe hurriedly we are ordered to charge the yankees and if possible surprise them truly your own serg't graham c s a a cool avenger a certain english gentleman wlio was a regular frequenter of the green room of drnry i>ane theatre in the days of lord byrom'a comfnitiee and who always tood quietly on the hearthrug there with his back to the fire was in his usual place tone night when a darrative was related by an other gentleman newly returned from tho continent of a barrier duel lhat had taken place in paris a young englishman*â€”a mere boyâ€”had been despoiled in a gaming houso in the palais hoyal had charged a certain gaming count with cheating him had gone out with the count had wasted his fire and had been slain by tho count under the frightful circumstan ces of the count walking up to him laying his hand on his heart saying you ar6 a brava fellow have you a mother and on his replying in the aflirmatiye remarked coolly lam sorry for her and blowing hi vic tim's brains out the gentleman on tho hearthrug paused n taking a pinch of snuff to hear this story and ob served with great placidity i am afraid i must kill that rascah a dew nights elapsed during^whieh the green fopm hearthrug was without h^mjj and then ho re-appeared pre ciselj a before and only incidentally mentioned in the course of jthe eyen ing gentlemen ij killed the rascal lie had gone over to paris on pur poseâ€”had tracked tho count to the same gaming house had thrown a glass of wine in his face in the pres ence of all tho company assembfed there had told him that he had come to avenge his young compatriowand had jdone it by putting th count out of the world and coming back to the hearthrug as if nothing had happen ed.â€”{^household words a fair offset,-=-a good ptory is told of a showman who carried about on exhibition an enormous bear in a certain town in vermont where bruin was attracting crow is dwelt a farmer and his-wife vrhh-an interest ang ancfniultitudinous family of twen ty phudren v the paterfamilias wa very desirous of gratifying tho com mendable curiosity of his offspring but the price of admission to the show was one shilling and that multiplied by the numbor of his olive plants was too much for his exchequer he therefore approached the showman and after some parley concluded a bargai by which the latter agreed io drive into the farmer's back yard with bruin's cage and give a private exhibition to he entire fatniry for*6ne dollar this was done ta the great flolight of the children and the old folks when the farraef proffered the compensatory dollar to the oblig ingehowman he said : oh no 5 i can't take anything it is no more a sight for four family to see my boar than for fny boar to see your family / whistling,â€”next to laughing whistling is one of the most philo sophical things in which a fellow in good spirits can indulges whistling is a popular prescription keeping up tha spirits some genial philoso pher nas well said on his subject whistling is a great institution it oils the wheels of care supplies the place of sunshine a man who whis tles has a good heart under jais bhi|t front such a man not only works more willingly but ho works more constancy a whistling cobbler will earn as much money again as a cord wainer who gives way to low spirits and indigestion mean or avaricious men never whistle the m^n who attacks whistling throws a stone at the head of hilarity and would if he could rob june of its rosesâ€”august of ite meadow larks such jo man should be looked to a beautiful girlâ€”beautiful in youth fed health and purityâ€”who wakes frorn^leep at touch of morning light as the flowers do with a cheerful grace j whose first notes like those of the birds are tho most musical of the day j from whose brow every trace of yesterday's wear and last night's can is swe|)|awayi even a the face of nat turl id renewed and brtgfifened by the summer dow kuoh a girl is worth the winning childhood is uk a mirror catching and reflecting images all around it remember that a implbvs i>*otane or vulgar though t may operate on a y6ung heart like a careless spray of water thrown upon polished steely staining it with rust thai no after f forts earn efface i musings at the door of death and is this dea^h ? thjs wh^ch)l thought on cif it^joj or trem blirtgt which so f>ftrjjoi f&i^p clouded e,ye has worn an anger&gari or standing before her dimmed is pop hath scorned ja dark destroyed and i have grasped her icy hand to take with her a walk tferojljuj th dark valley i've given the last adieu fa au t^a^r earth calls lovely-r-have looked tho last timje on that glorious sun whose softening beam lingers in o areweu sadness around the solemn scpne j ts thafc gentle star on which gloved to gaze to yonder moon j,hat's calmly smiling in upon this suffering;;world and all brilliant gems that sparkla round her nightly throne a last farewell to a}u juj darkness this beautiful creation now is wrapped iq me no morp i'll gazq poi ip till he vei earth removed i b^iold from amid the glories of the hÂ§aveÂ«ni i ly world it sparkling j with the jnarrtb of death folding i round me here in this still room j with anxious longing till^he dopij pf ', death whose bolts i bear e'eji n9 t shall pa open and^-pass forever what v , those i've jofed have q%mf Â£#& looked upon meâ€”â– â– have kisse4 my fcloodle^s ipaâ€”have pressed fnyjthjji lold hand and turned away and wept jt's hard q god o say faro well to uluwe'ye knqwn and cherish cdl bull an,gqls beck l on'r-i mjis away the grief of friends.-'-thjeir bursting hearts and no longer now can stajf me those eye that laughed with me in joyous day uqw red with weeping have felt jl sundering of tho strong cords of love twined round my inner hearty the riy ing spirit looked figa-in on earth and breathed yet t , j3u p is ov^er now n fare , wells are saidâ€”tiie last fcmdjkisfr giv en my voice that onpe waasu'opg f is silent now my eyes are elosfdig my crimsoned lipa are pale and sealn ed j loved o^eif ga^e upon my sink ingframe ; and as they watch my lai boring breath sigh sadly j but j hear them not usto words i hear them j whisper but i know t/hq gone ia on their lips and isjthis death au-j-au dark and cold and philly drops stan4 ou 8 my wasted brow i fee the rolling # waves of the duy dread river 1 whil its icy waters gather found me \ there bursts upon my spirit a seenq unutterable i see the consummation of my r|chesli hopesâ€”the end qf doubt and fear all is jpy unspeakable bright gleamsr of gpleqdor from th throne of god beam da upon my breast jr*there rolls a sweet tide q peace so tranquil that death has jost its sting angela clad in shining mortality hover near soon shall i rise and mount with them to life eto nal now pome q death \ thou ars not terrible lam ready now i oh let me go and pour my raptures forth in one long strain of melody at my ifedoemer's feet let me f prostrate g^tze upon the radiant splendor of the throne of god and float an iusec infinite amid its matchless ideams f but the scene darkens life's din lights now glance across the chang ing shadows i stift am here thoso angel sights are gone and earthly friends are yet around tub and death ** has passed *" o gody since thou has brought nvo to the door of death and given my spirit one bright taste of heavenly glory let me while i linger yel filit tie longer here ever live as seeing fiim who is invisible florence nightbgale % > â– â– i * iiti mi ii first lioyk.â€”aad yet the sweetest things of life are its migh,t havo beens willis says \ Â« ther k noth ing more touching than the happiness whioh is approached without being reached lof c itself is like the hum i ming-birdâ€”a winged gecft a uxetecu of this lower hemisphere & blazing darting crazing thing j w&ich oaughfc caged caressed drops down dull and cold the gray of death udon its plumes like hashes on the 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